LECTURE 1 "The Limbourg Brothers, The Très Riches Heures du Jean, Duc de Berry"
Masterpieces of 15th-Century Northern Renaissance
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1h 19m
Before the invention of printing in the mid-fifteenth century, books were precious, one-of-a-kind objects, hand-made and decorated with miniature paintings and decorative marginalia. The Très Riches Heures was created by a team of brilliantly talented artist-brothers for the fabulously wealthy bibliophile and collector Jean, Duke of Burgundy. Considered one of the great treasures of art history, this miracle of manuscript illumination is stored today in a bomb-proof bunker, where it cannot be damaged or destroyed (or even seen).
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